Radiator-shield



` J. M. DOUGHERTY AND H. C. TABLER.

' RADIATOR SHIELD.

APPLUlcATxoN FILED Aue.1. 1917.

1,361,372, Patented Deo. 7,1920..

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J' OHN M. DOUGHERTY AND HARRY C. TABLER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RADIATOR-SHIELD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1920.

Application lied August 18, 1917. Serial No. 186,887.

To all whom t may concer/n Be it known that we, JOHN M. DoUGii- ERTY and HARRY C. TABLER, citizens of the United States, residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Radiator-Shields, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an attachment for radiators, our principal object being to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive fixture which can be .easily and quickly applied to or removed from an ordinary hot .water or steam radiator, and which fixture when properly positioned for use will be effective in deflecting the heated air arising from the radiator, outwardly into the room, thereby preventing discoloration of the adjacent wall and its decorations by the ascending current of heated air and dust carried thereby.

A further object of our invention is to construct a radiator shield with a main body portion of fabric or like material, which construction enables said body portion to be easily cleaned when necessary; further, to provide the front portion of the shield with a dust catching groove or channel, and further, to provide shield supporting brackets which are readily adjustable, thereby enabling a shield of a given or standard size to be interchangeably used on radiators of different sizes.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, our invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings', in which- Figure 1 is a front elevational. view of the upper portion of a radiator and showing a shield of our improved construction applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of a radiator equipped with our improved shield;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the adjustable brackets utilized for supporting the fabric member which forms the body of the shield.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section taken on the line 4*-4 0f Fig. 8.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 5 and 6 designate respectively the long and short legs of a bracket, said legsbeing preferably cast and their up per portions being curved toward each other so that said bracket is substantially of inverted U-shape. rlhe upper portions of said legs are pivotally connected in any suitable manner, preferably by means of a hinge pin 7 and the inner face of the upper portion of leg 5 is provided with teeth 5a, while the inner face of leg 6 is provided with correspending teeth 6, These teeth are provided in order that the bracket will readily grip a radiator section when applied thereto, thus assisting said bracket in maintaining its rigid position upon the radiator. Formed through the lower portion of the long leg 5 of the bracket is a series of apertures 8 and adapted to be positioned inV any one of said apertures is a screw 9. Formed integral with the upper end of leg 5 is a lug 10 and passing horizontally therethrough is a set screw 11, the inner end of which bears against the inner face of a lug 12, the latter being formed integral with the upper end of leg 6. Formed through this lug 12 is a horizontally disposed aper-v ture 1/1 preferably square or non-circular in cross section and arranged for sliding movement through said aperture is the horizontal leg 15 of a member, preferably a section of heavy wire or wire rod, which is bent to form a support for the end of the fabric shield body. This leg 15 is square or non-circular in cross section and seated in the lug 12 is a set screw 16, the inner end of which is adapted to bear against the leg 15 for the purpose of locking the same in its laterally adjusted position.

The shield supporting member comprises a short vertically disposed leg 17 which is formed integral with and projects upwardly from the outer end of leg 15, a horizontally disposed leg 18 which projects-forwardly from the upper end of leg 17, a substantially U-shaped portion 19 in front of and below the leg 18, and a horizontally disposed portion 20 which extends rearwardly from the U-shaped portion 19 over the leg 18, said portion 20 curving gradually downward a short distance to the rear of vertical leg 17 and terminating in a vertically disposed portion 21 which may be of any desired length.

The shield body 22 is formed of any suitable flexible material, preferably fabric,

such as canvas, burlap, felt or tapestry, the

side edges of which are doubled to form hems which receivevthe parts 19, 20 and 21 of the shield supporting members.

As illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the brackets comprising the hinged or pivotally con- Y brackets are applied and when the screws 11 are tightened, the lower ends of the legs 6 are forced inwardly with the result that the radiator sections will be very firmly gripped between the pairs of legs forming the brackets, consequently the latter will be irmly and rigidly seated upon said radiator. By loosening the set screws 16, the legs 15 of the supports for the shield body can be adjusted laterally with respect to the brackets and after such adjustment the supporting members can be locked by tightening the set screws.

' The fabric body 22 of the shield, when properly applied to the supporting members, overlieslthe top of the radiator and extends Vdown'behind the same `for a considerable distance.

By virtue of the U-shaped portions 19 of the shield support, the front edge of the shieldbody terminates in a groove or channel 23 which is .substantially U-shaped in cross section and occupies a position slightly above and in front of the upper front corner of the radiator. This groove or channel serves to catch and retain practically all of the dust which is carried up by the ascending currents of air between the sections of the radiator, and the body of the shield being disposed to the rear and above the radia- 'tor will deflect the heated air outwardly into theroom. Consequently, the wall immediately-'to the rear and above the radiators will be protected against discoloration from heated'air and dust.

Whenever desired, or when `the fabric vbody of the shield has become soiled by reason of dust accumulation, lsaid body can be readily removed and cleaned by detaching the brackets 10 from the radiator and removing the shield supporting member from said brackets and from the ends of the shield body.

A shield of our improved construction is comparatively simple, can be easily and quickly applied toV orremoved from the radiator, presents a. neat and finished appearance, particularly where the shield body is formed of tapestry or like material, and said shield deflects ascending currents of heated air outwardly from the radiator, thereby preventing the wall kand hangings or decorations immediately above and to the rear of the radiator from becoming di'scolored by dust and'like matter which ordinarily rises with heated air from the radiator.

It will be readily understood that minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts of our improved construction, can be made and substituted for those herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of' our invention, 'the scope of which is set forth in the appended claim.

7e claim: v

In combination with a radiator,` a pair of brackets adapted to grip the radiatornear its endspsaid brackets being 'provided with non-circular apertures at their upper eX- tremities, shield supporting members Vcomprisingv a rod having ya non-circular portion secured in the aperture of each bracket,`said rods extending transversely of the radiator, and being bent upwardly and to the lfront of the radiator forming a loop from where they are bent to the rear overithe radiator and downwardly, and a shield secured to said shield supporting members.

In testimony whereorp we hereunto ailix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses, this 14th day of August, 1917.

JOHN M. DoUGHERTr. VHAR-RY C. TABLER.Y Y

l/Vitnesses:

M. P. SMITH, LAURA MEYER.

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